WEBVTT AND WHAT TO EXPECT, COMINGUP IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.TRACY: SOUNDS GOOD, THANK YOUROGER HERE IT --.IT YOU LIKE THE THOUGHT OFGARNISHING A CRACKER WITH SOMEMAINE LOBSTER MEAT, HERE'S AMADE IN MAINE IDEA YOU MIGHTFIND TASTY.STEVE: IT'S A CRACKER WITH THELOBSTER MEAT ALREADY BAKED IN.BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THEPRODUCTS A NEW FAMILY BUSINESSOUT OF FRIENDSHIP HAS COOKED UP,THERE'S ALSO A TREAT FOR YOURDOG.IT ALL STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO, AVERY LEAN YEAR FOR THE LOCALLOBSTERMENPAT HAVENER: IT WAS 2012, ANDTHE PRICE OF LOBSTER WAS VERYLOW TO THE LOBSTERMEN.IN FACT, SOME DAYS THEY WERETELLING GREG, DON'T EVEN GO OUT,WE CAN'T SELL THE LOBSTERSTEVE: SO THE TIMING WAS RIGHTFOR PAT HAVENER TO GET CREATIVPAT: SO I STARTED PLAYING AROUNDWITH A DOG BISCUIT RECIPSTEVE: SOON AFTER, WHAT LOBSTERTHEY COULDN'T SELL, THE HAVENERSBEGAN CHOPPING UP INTO HOMEMADEBAKED DOG BISCUITS AND SELLINGAT THE LOCAL FARMERS MARKET.BUT TURNS OUT THEIR 'LOBSTERTREATS FOR SALTY DOGS' HAD A LOTOF FOLKS CLAMMERING FOR A TREATOF THEIR OWNPAT: CONSISTANTLY, PEOPLE WOULDSAY, LUCKY DOGS, I WISH WE COULDEAT THEM.STEVE: AND, LOUDEST AMONG THEM,PAT'S HUSBAND THE LIFETILOBSTERMAN, WHO ADMITS, HE WAS ABIT MIFFED AT WATCHING ALL HISHARD WORK GO TO THE DOGS.GREG HAVENER: AND I KEPT PICKINGUP LOBSTER, AND SAID, TOO BAD,WE FEED ALL THIS LOBSTER TO THEDOGS, CAN'T WE FIGURE OUTSOMETHING PEOPLE WOULD EAT --TRY A CRACKER OR SOMETHING?STEVE: SO, ONCE AGAIN, PAT GOTCREATIVE, TESTING OUT DOZENS OFRECIPES UNTIL, JUST LAST SUMMER,SHE FINALLY ZEROED IN ON HER"GOURMET MAINE LOBSTERCRACKERS>> CRISPY, BUTTERY, SALTY, YEABUT YOU DON'T GET THE LOBSTERFLAVOR YET.STEVE: IT'S A SECRET BLEND, SHETOUTS OF CRACKER BATTER SPECKLEDWITH REAL LOBSTER MEAT BAKEDRIGHT IN. PAT: PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEYARE, BECAUSE NO ONE HAS EVERMADE THEM BEFORE.SO THEY KIND OF LOOK AT THEMUNTIL THEY TAKE THEM THEY'RE, KIND OF PUZZLED BY WHAT THEYARE.STEVE: WHILE THAT FIRST YEAR THEDOG TREATS SIMPLY ALLOWED THEHAVENERS TO SURVIVE A TOUGH YEARFOR LOBSTERING -- NOW, THEY'RELOOKING AT A FULL TIME BUSINESS,ADDING EVEN FURTHER VALUE TOGREG'S DAILY CATCGREG: WHEN I BRING A POUND OFLOBSTER MEAT, AND SHE MAKES THEMINTO CRACKERS, AND SHE SELLSTHEM, WE'RE MAKING MORE MONEYTHAT IF I JUST SELL THEM AT THEWARF. STEVE: CRACKERS "AND" DOGBISQUITS -- AND FOR THOSESKEPTICS, BE ASSURED, THOUGHBOTH CONTAIN REAL LOBSTER --THAT'S WHERE THE SIMILARITYENDSPAT: THE DOG IS MADE FOR A DOG